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There have been relatively few well-informed, critical assessments of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. This book examines some of the background to these approaches, notably the influence of Schutz and phenomenology. It also compares Garfinkel’s approach with those of Goffman and Simmel, and assesses the influence of Cicourel and conversation analysis on research methodology. The core of the book is an in-depth assessment of the rationale for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, and of their relationship to mainstream social science. While the importance of the issues that these epistemologically and ontologically radical approaches raise is underlined, a number of fundamental problems are identified with the rationale underpinning them.

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Introduction
1 Was Schutz a positivist? Was he even a sociologist? Comparing the reception and inception of his work
2 Garfinkel and Goffman via Simmel: parallels and divergences
3 On the disciplinary status of ethnomethodology
4 An assessment of the theoretical presuppositions of ethnomethodology
5 The influence of ethnomethodology on qualitative research methods
Conclusion

References
Name index
Subject index

The Radicalism of Ethnomethodology: An Assessment

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 20 March 2020
      ISBN-13 9781526145901
      978-1526145901
      ISBN-10 1526145901
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Research methods / methodology Social and ethical issues Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      There have been relatively few well-informed, critical assessments of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. This book examines some of the background to these approaches, notably the influence of Schutz and phenomenology. It also compares Garfinkel’s approach with those of Goffman and Simmel, and assesses the influence of Cicourel and conversation analysis on research methodology. The core of the book is an in-depth assessment of the rationale for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, and of their relationship to mainstream social science. While the importance of the issues that these epistemologically and ontologically radical approaches raise is underlined, a number of fundamental problems are identified with the rationale underpinning them.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1 Was Schutz a positivist? Was he even a sociologist? Comparing the reception and inception of his work
      2 Garfinkel and Goffman via Simmel: parallels and divergences
      3 On the disciplinary status of ethnomethodology
      4 An assessment of the theoretical presuppositions of ethnomethodology
      5 The influence of ethnomethodology on qualitative research methods
      Conclusion

      References
      Name index
      Subject index

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